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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Inuyama, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An overhead shuttle is controlled to support a bottom of an article while traveling. A transfer apparatus is controlled to hold the article from above the article, move the article between a position above the overhead shuttle and a position above stations provided on a side of a travel rail, and elevate and lower the article to transfer the article between the transfer apparatus and the station.